Colonial Williamsburg was home to one of the earliest institutions in North America dedicated to educating Black children.

Built in 1815, the stabilized ruins of the grist mill and sawmill are now gated, but interpretive displays on the features and functions of the mill preserve its history.

In the bowels of a 19th-century brewery lurks a fine-dining restaurant offering an array of themed feasts.

The house where Lincoln drafted the Emancipation Proclamation.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

This strategically-placed fountain creates the magnificent illusion of mustangs galloping across a river.

A symbol of Texas pride.

A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.

Fall through a crack in the seams of reality at this immersive art installation.

This theatre was made famous after Lee Harvey Oswald was captured inside watching a film.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

The taxidermied body of a bear that was a casualty of a drug trafficker’s bizarre death.

A museum that houses the world's largest collection of ventriloquism dummies.

A giant telephone commemorates the last "crank" call ever made in the U.S.

This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

A little-known subterranean street runs under some of the best-known buildings in Chicago's River North.

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

The quaint little Vermont town played a quaint little Connecticut town in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."

This rare polygonal meeting house is rumored to be built in a circle so that the devil has nowhere to hide.

The national headquarters of the dowser’s society founded in 1961.

Every drop of D.C. tap water flows through this old waterworks.

Named for a Greek oracle that interpreted the words of Zeus, this beautifully-restored manor home was once home to the architect of the Marshall Plan.

Designated as an Underground Railroad research site.